Invasive group A streptococcal disease surveillance in Canada, 2020
CONCLUSION: Though the number of collected invasive S. pyogenes isolates decreased slightly in 2020 in comparison to previous years, iGAS disease remains an important public health concern. The emm distribution in Canada has been subtly shifting over the past five years, away from common and well-known emm1 and towards emm49 and emm76. It is important to continue surveillance of S. pyogenes in Canada to monitor expanding replacement emm types, as well as outbreak clones and antimicrobial resistance.PMID:38106647 | PMC:PMC10723789 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alyssa Golden Averil Griffith Walter Demczuk Gregory Tyrrell Julianne Kus Allison McGeer Marc-Christian Domingo Linda Hoang Jessica Minion Paul Van Caeseele Hanan Smadi David Haldane George Zahariadis Kristen Mead Laura Steven Lori Strudwick Anita Li Mich Source Type: research
Surveillance for Lyme disease in Canada, 2009-2019
CONCLUSION: The results of this report highlight the continued emergence of LD in Canada and the need for further development and implementation of targeted awareness campaigns designed to minimize the burden of LD.PMID:38105769 | PMC:PMC10723632 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v48i05a05 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Salima Gasmi Jules K Koffi Mark P Nelder Curtis Russell Scott Graham-Derham Lisa Lachance Bijay Adhikari Jacqueline Badcock Shamara Baidoobonso Beverly A Billard Beth Halfyard St éphanie Jodoin Mayank Singal Annie-Claude Bourgeois Source Type: research
Evaluation of influenza case definitions for use in real-world evidence research
CONCLUSION: A specific case definition should be prioritized when data for laboratory-confirmed influenza are not available, as a broader case definition would conservatively bias influenza vaccine effectiveness toward the null.PMID:38106645 | PMC:PMC10723760 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Pamela Doyon-Plourde Élise Fortin Caroline Quach Source Type: research
In-person learning low risk for COVID-19 acquisition: Findings from a population-based analysis of the 2020-2021 school year in Saskatchewan, Canada
CONCLUSION: Implementation of such control measures may play an essential role in allowing children and youth to safely maintain in-person learning during the pandemic.PMID:38106646 | PMC:PMC10723788 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Molly Trecker Leanne McLean Stephanie Konrad Dharma Yalamanchili Kristi Langhorst Maureen Anderson Source Type: research
Invasive group A streptococcal disease surveillance in Canada, 2020
CONCLUSION: Though the number of collected invasive S. pyogenes isolates decreased slightly in 2020 in comparison to previous years, iGAS disease remains an important public health concern. The emm distribution in Canada has been subtly shifting over the past five years, away from common and well-known emm1 and towards emm49 and emm76. It is important to continue surveillance of S. pyogenes in Canada to monitor expanding replacement emm types, as well as outbreak clones and antimicrobial resistance.PMID:38106647 | PMC:PMC10723789 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alyssa Golden Averil Griffith Walter Demczuk Gregory Tyrrell Julianne Kus Allison McGeer Marc-Christian Domingo Linda Hoang Jessica Minion Paul Van Caeseele Hanan Smadi David Haldane George Zahariadis Kristen Mead Laura Steven Lori Strudwick Anita Li Mich Source Type: research
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2016-2020
CONCLUSION: Surveillance findings from a national network of Canadian acute care hospitals indicate that rates of MRSA and VRE bloodstream infections, CPE infections and colonizations have increased substantially between 2016 and 2020 while rates of CDI have decreased. The collection of detailed, standardized surveillance data and the consistent application of infection prevention and control practices in acute care hospitals are critical in reducing the burden of HAIs and AMR infections in Canada. Further investigations into the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 and associated public health measures are underway.PMID:380...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program1* Source Type: research
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2016-2020
CONCLUSION: Surveillance findings from a national network of Canadian acute care hospitals indicate that rates of MRSA and VRE bloodstream infections, CPE infections and colonizations have increased substantially between 2016 and 2020 while rates of CDI have decreased. The collection of detailed, standardized surveillance data and the consistent application of infection prevention and control practices in acute care hospitals are critical in reducing the burden of HAIs and AMR infections in Canada. Further investigations into the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 and associated public health measures are underway.PMID:380...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program1* Source Type: research
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2016-2020
CONCLUSION: Surveillance findings from a national network of Canadian acute care hospitals indicate that rates of MRSA and VRE bloodstream infections, CPE infections and colonizations have increased substantially between 2016 and 2020 while rates of CDI have decreased. The collection of detailed, standardized surveillance data and the consistent application of infection prevention and control practices in acute care hospitals are critical in reducing the burden of HAIs and AMR infections in Canada. Further investigations into the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 and associated public health measures are underway.PMID:380...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program1* Source Type: research
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2016-2020
CONCLUSION: Surveillance findings from a national network of Canadian acute care hospitals indicate that rates of MRSA and VRE bloodstream infections, CPE infections and colonizations have increased substantially between 2016 and 2020 while rates of CDI have decreased. The collection of detailed, standardized surveillance data and the consistent application of infection prevention and control practices in acute care hospitals are critical in reducing the burden of HAIs and AMR infections in Canada. Further investigations into the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 and associated public health measures are underway.PMID:380...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program1* Source Type: research
Identification of an unusual cluster of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Estrie region, Qu ébec, Canada in 2021
CONCLUSION: Detection of this unusual cluster of HGA cases provides further evidence that A. phagocytophilum may now be established along the southern border of Québec. Clinicians should consider HGA when assessing patients with typical symptoms and recent exposure to high-risk environments for tick bite.PMID:38090114 | PMC:PMC10712899 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v48i05a02 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Laurence Campeau Val érie Roy Genevi ève Petit Genevi ève Baron Jacinthe Blouin Alex Carignan Source Type: research
A meteorological-based forecasting model for predicting minimal infection rates in < em > Culex pipiens-restuans < /em > complex using Qu ébec's West Nile virus integrated surveillance system
CONCLUSION: All regression models explored have too weak predictive abilities to be useful as a public health tool. Other factors implicated in the epidemiology of the West Nile virus need to be incorporated in a meteorological-based early warning model for it to be useful to the provincial health authorities.PMID:38090115 | PMC:PMC10712692 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v48i05a03 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Julie Ducrocq Karl Forest-B érard Najwa Ouhoummane Elhadji Laouan Sidi Antoinette Ludwig Alejandra Irace-Cima Source Type: research
Summary of the NACI Statement on Public Health Level Recommendations on the Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults, Including the Use of 15-valent and 20-valent Conjugate Vaccines
CONCLUSION: NACI recommends PNEU-C-20 for adults 65 years of age and older, 50-64 years of age and living with factors placing them at higher risk of pneumococcal disease, and 18-49 years of age with immunocompromising conditions, with PNEU-C-15+PNEU-P-23 an alternative.PMID:38088953 | PMC:PMC10715826 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Aleksandra Wierzbowski Robert Pless Kyla J Hildebrand Source Type: research
Event-based surveillance: Providing early warning for communicable disease threats
Can Commun Dis Rep. 2023 Feb 1;49(1):29-34. eCollection 2023 Feb 1.ABSTRACTThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic served as a compelling modern-day reminder of the value of early warning against communicable disease threats in public health. As countries exit the acute phase of the pandemic, there remains a continued need to be vigilant for potential communicable disease threats, particularly as the risk of animal-to-human spillover events is increasing due to climate and land use change. Early warning of emerging threats facilitates earlier public health response, which affords more time to implement public health measures...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tenzin Norzin Homeira Ghiasbeglou Marcia Patricio Svetlana Romanova Abdelhamid Zaghlool Florence Tanguay Linlu Zhao Source Type: research
Treatment of severe human mpox virus infection with tecovirimat: A case series
CONCLUSION: Our experience suggests that TCV is well tolerated and may accelerate recovery in severe cases. These preliminary, observational data may also be explained by concomitant treatment for superinfection and are limited by the absence of a control group. Controlled, clinical trials should be conducted to clarify the attributable benefit of TCV in severe mpox infection.PMID:38090723 | PMC:PMC10715828 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Koray K Demir Micha ël Desjardins Claude Fortin Simon Grandjean-Lapierre Arpita Chakravarti Fran çois Coutlée Gerasimos Zaharatos Jean Morin C écile Tremblay Jean Longtin Source Type: research
Quality over quantity in active tick surveillance: Sentinel surveillance outperforms risk-based surveillance for tracking tick-borne disease emergence in southern Canada
CONCLUSION: Where surveillance aims to document changes in tick-borne disease risk over time and space, we suggest that repeated sampling of carefully selected field sites may be most effective, while risk-based surveillance may be more usefully applied to confirm the presence of emerging disease risk in a specific region of interest or to identify suitable sites for long-term monitoring as LD and other tick-borne diseases continue to emerge.PMID:38090724 | PMC:PMC10715827 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Camille Guillot Catherine Bouchard Kayla Buhler Roxane Pelletier Fran çois Milord Patrick Leighton Source Type: research
